Species
Weight
Angler
Date
Location
Albacore
68 lbs
Irvin Fenton, Jr.
1992
Norfolk Canyon
Amberjack
ll8 lbs
Mark J. Roberts
1986
Chesapeake Light Tower
Barracuda
45 lbs 8 oz
Wayne Seymour
1996
CB Buoy Line
Bluefish
25 lbs 4 oz
Gayle E. Cozzens
1986
Bluefish Rock
Cobia
104 lbs 8 oz
Steve Hasynic
2002
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
Cod, Atlantic
35 lbs
Robert Crammer
1969
Off Wachapreague
Crevalle Jack
48 lbs 12 oz
Charles McCaskill, III
1993
Ches. Light Tower
Croaker
5 lbs 13 oz
Jim Mitchem
1982
The Cell (Ches. Bay)
Dolphin
71 lbs 8 oz
Don Dorey
1991
Off Virginia Beach
Drum, Black
111 lbs
Betty D. Hall
1973
Off Cape Charles
False Albacore
25 lbs 4 oz
Jack Sparrow
1964
Off Virginia Capes
Flounder
17 lbs 8 oz
Charles E. Cross
1971
Baltimore Channel
Kingfish
2 lbs 13 oz
Chip Watters
2002
Off Sandbridge
Mackerel, King
52 lbs 2 oz
Andrew John Allessio
1999
Off Virginia Beach
Mackerel, Spanish
9 lbs 13 oz
Everett Cameron
1993
Off Virginia Beach
Marlin, Blue
1,093 lbs 12 oz
Edward Alan Givens
1978
Norfolk Canyon
Marlin, White
131 lbs 10 oz
Rudolf D. Van't Riet
1978
Off Virginia Beach
Pollock
5 lbs 10 oz
Lee Michalski
1992
Off Chincoteague
Pompano
5 lbs 10 oz
Robert T. Long
1992
Scarborough Island
Porgy
5 lbs 5 oz
Charles B. Haines, Sr.
1978
Off Chincoteague
Red Drum
85 lbs. 4 oz.
Herman Moore
1981
Wreck Island
Sailfish
68 lbs 8 oz
P.J. Murden
1977
Off Virginia Beach
Sea Bass
10 lbs 4 oz
Allan P. Paschall
2000
Off Virginia Beach
Shark, Bigeye Thresher
149 lbs
Wayne M. Gross
1992
The Cigar
Shark, Blacktip
76 lbs 10 oz
John W. Thurston, Jr.
1988
Off Virginia Beach
Shark, Blue
266 lbs
Wayne C. DeFord
1987
The Cigar
Shark, Bull
256 lbs
Craig R. Paige
1982
V-Buoy
Shark, Dusky
673 lbs
Michael J. Halperin
1982
S.E. Lumps
Shark, Hammerhead (Great)
430 lbs
Ronald E. Ault
1984
S.E. Lumps
Shark, Hammerhead (Scalloped)
245 lbs
Don Lips
1977
The Cigar
Shark, Hammerhead (Smooth)
272 lbs
Carolyn L. Matthews
1988
Off Virginia Beach
Shark, Lemon
312 lbs 12 oz
Bill Walker
1976
Off Sandbridge
Shark, Mako
728 lbs
Geoffrey H. Newbill
1983
Ches. Light Tower
Shark, Sand Tiger
339 lbs
Kelly D. Capps
1983
Off Cape Charles
Shark, Sandbar (Brown)
213 lbs
Bill Moffett
1986
Triangle Wrecks
Shark, Silky
110 lbs
Gary W. Seay
1977
Norfolk Canyon
Shark, Spinner
129 lbs 8 oz
John E. Patton, II
1991
Off Chincoteague
Shark, Thresher
274 lbs 12 oz
Jim Bishop
2002
Off Wachapreague
Shark, Tiger
1,099 lbs 12 oz
John W. Thurston, Jr.
1981
S.E. Lumps
Shark, White
131 lbs
Fred Williams
1981
S.E. Lumps
Sheepshead
20 lbs 12 oz
Arun Nhek
2005
Seagul Pier
Spade fish
13 lbs
Otis Tribble
1988
The Cell (Ches. Bay)
Spot
2 lbs 6 oz
Nathan Dryden
1980
Off Poquoson
Striped Bass
73 lbs 0 oz
Frederick Barnes
2008
Cape Henry
Swordfish
381 lbs 8 oz
James D. Alexander
1978
Norfolk Canyon
Tarpon
130 lbs
Barry Truitt
1975
Off Oyster
Tautog
24 lbs
Gregory R. Bell
1987
Off Wachapreague
Trout, Gray
19 lbs
Philip W. Halstead
1983
Ches. Bay Br. Tunnel
Trout, Speckled
16 lbs
Bill Katko
1977
Masons Beach
Tuna Bigeye
285 lbs
Melvin Bray
2003
Norfolk Canyon
Tuna blackfin
33lbs -15 oz
William W. Charlton III
2004
Norfolk Canyon
Tuna, Bluefin
398 lbs 8 oz
E. K. Morrison
2003
Off Virginia Beach
Tuna, Skipjack
22 lbs 11 oz
Kitty Falk
1995
The Cigar
Tuna, Yellowfin
203 lbs 12 oz
Bruce C. Gottwald, Jr.
1981
Norfolk Canyon
Wahoo
109 lbs
Delmo Dawson
1994
Off Virginia Beach
